Friday, 24 August 2012

15 down, 9 to go. - A little history lesson

No 6 on Rinda's Scavenge Hunt is a Historical Landmark. We have been very rural this holiday but the lure of the tourist sites won out this last week so I have a choice of historical landmarks for you.

This is the ruins of the eleventh century castle at Domfront. It was occupied from 1049 (by William the Conqueror) until about 1567. It was destroyed in the 17th Century, but the grounds are preserved as a very pleasant park, and you can go down into the original ramparts, which are now 10 feet underground.

This is almost directly outside our house in France. Our village stands on a crossroads, which was of strategic importance during the German Counter-Attack on 4th August 1944. The wording, in English and French, gives the details of the armies' movements.

Finally, THE historical monument in Northern France, Le Mont St Michel. We didn't go up this year - much too touristy in August - but we did go to a reptile farm within sight of it and P, who must have been feeling unusually accommodating, agreed to stop the car on the way back so I could snap this.

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I'm a part-time ESOL teacher in Surrey, England.
Working at both a Sixth Form College and in the community, I teach a range of learners from German Au Pairs to Pakistani housewives, who provide me with an endless supply of anecdotes. We follow the Skills for Life curriculum and our students sit Cambridge Skills for Life exams. I also teach Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English.